Broom.



J. C. HIGHTOWER.

BROOM. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1913` Patented 0111.111914.

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.T0-all 'whom it mayconccrn l Be it known that I, JAMES C. His'rrrownn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements inBrooms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to broomsl and.. has particular reference to improvementsin a broom embodying novel means to detachably connect the handle with the body or brush portion thereof, whereby after the body or brush portion has become worn, or otherwise injured, the same may be removed from the handle and' a new one substituted therefor.

An important object of the invention is to provide simple and inexpensive means to properly detachably connect the handle andm body or brush portion of a broom, whereby they will remain securely connected and may be separated when desi-red.

A further object of my invention. is to provide means of the above mentioned character, which will not increase the cost'of manufacturing the brooms, but 'will tend to reduce the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for securely attaching the broom corn or straw, constituting the brush portion of the broom, to a tubular casing which detachably receives the handle of a broom, positively preventing the broom corn or straw from shedding. l y

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to hdesignate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is as ide elevation of the broom, parts thereofbeing broken away, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, Fig. 8 is acentral longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 4 is. a' horizontal section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the handle receiving tube showing an attaching tongue, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a supplemental securing plate, and, Fig. 7 is a similar view of a tying element.

ln the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 10 designates a tubular handle receiving sleeve or socket, which is preferably formed of sheet Specication of Letters Patent.

Applicatioirled November 3, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914i.. semi No. 798,987.

',metal owing to the strength and lightness of such material.- At the extreme inner end of y the handle receiving sleeve 10, its material is Abent inwardly,forming stops or 'shoulders 11,- to positively limit the downward movement of a handle to be referred to. The ,tubular sleeve 10 is provided upon its eXterior, near and spaced from its'inner end with a roughenedI or corrugated portion referlably formed by perforations 12,v a Ording outwardly extending gripping teeth 13, more or less similar to the teeth of an ordinary Igrater. rEhe inner layer 14 of broom corn or straw is disposed about the lower end of the sleeve 10,l in engagement with the gripping teeth 13, to be held thereby against separation from the sleeve 10. This inner layer of broom corn or straw is bound to the toothed surface of the' sleeve 10 by means of 4a wire 15, attached thereto by having its starting end passed through an apertured atta-ching tongue 16, which is preferably stamped from the material of the sleeve 10, as shown.. lThis wire is wound in suitable la-yers about the inner layer of broom corn l or straw 14, as shown.

yattach-ing strips or plates which have their inner faces roughened or corrugated throughout their entire length, preferably by means of perforations affording inwardly lextending teeth 18, more or less similar to teeth of an ordinary grater. The upper ends of these toothed @plates engage the up.- Aper toothed portion of the Sleeve 10, (the ,inner layer 14 of broom corn or straw tei'.- minating at a point below and spaced `from the upper end of the toothed portion of the .sleeve 10), while the lower portion of the same engages the exterior of the inner layer 14C, serving to bind it to the sleeve 10. The lteeth of the supplemental attaching plates or strips 17 are preferablyirregularly arranged, whereby they will more easily intei-, iit with the teeth of the sleeve 10. The wirey 15 is preferably mound a suitable i number of times about the lower ends of the supplemental plates or strips 17, serving to securely bind them to the layer 15.

The numeral 19 designates the outer layer of broom corn or straw, which surrounds the inner layer 14, in engagement with the upper ends of the supplemental attaching plates or strips 17 and the upper end of the toothed portion of the sleeve 10. This outer saV layer 19 is securely bound to the sleeve l0 by winding the wire l thereabout also serving to bind the upper ends of the plates 17 to the sleeve l0. ln heavy brooms, l have found that the supplemental strips 17, are very important, as they aid in holding the broom corn or straw upon the tubular sleeve, while in light brooms, satisfactory results are obtainable by dispensing with the supplemental strips. After the outer layer 1.9 of broom corn or'straw is thus applied to the sleeve l0, a split lock-sleeve 20 is applied to the upper portion of the sleeve 10, and surrounding the shank 2l formed of the material of the outer layer 19. rl`his loclrsleeve is held against longitudinal movement away from the brush or body portion of the broom, by downwardly bent tongues 22,

:preferably stamped from the upper end of the sleeve l0, as shown. rThe wire 15 passes through the slit of the loclosleeve 2O and is wound a suitable number of times within an exterior annular groove 23 thereof, the inish. end of the wire being attached or tied to a perforated tongue 2li, formed upon a -plate 25, preferably by slitting the plate diagonally and bending the material outwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The plate 25 is arranged within the loclosleeve 20 while the tongue 24- thereof extends through the slit of the lock-sleeve, such tongue being bent down after the finish end of the wire is tied thereto, as shown.

The numeral 26 designates a broom handle, adapted to be removably mounted within the sleeve 10. 'lhis broom handle, is normally locked within the sleeve 10, by a split clamping ring 27, surrounding said sleeve l0 outwardly of and adjacent the tongues 22. The locking ring 27 is circumferentially contracted by an adjusting bolt 28, carrying a winged nut 29.

It is to be understood that the form 4of my invention herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. j

Having described my inventioml claim 1.1n cleaning apparatus, the combination with a sleeve having its outer surface rougliened, a layer of brush material surniiaeia rounding the sleeve and engaging aportion of the roughened surface thereof, a supple mental attaching` plate having its inner surface roughened and engaging a'portion of the roughened surface of the sleeve and the exterior portion of said layer, and means to bind the layer and supplemental attaching plate to the sleeve.

2. ln cleaning apparatus, the combination with a sleeve perforated to provide outwardly extending teeth, a layer of brush material surrounding the sleeve and engaging the lower portion of the toothed surface of the sleeve, supplemental attaching plates perforated for providing inwardly extending teeth engaging the upper portion of the toothed surface of the sleeve and the exterior of said layer, means binding the layer and supplemental attaching plates to the sleeve, and a handle having one end thereof inserted within the sleeve.`

3. Cleaning apparatus comprising a tubuiar casing provided near its free end with tongues stamped therefrom, brush material surrounding the opposite end. of the tubular casing and bound thereto, a lock-sleeve surrounding a portion of the tubular casing and brush material with the said tongues bent downwardly about the outer end thereof, and a contractib-le and expansible clamping ring engaging the tubular sleeve outwardly of the adjacent said tongues.

t. Cleaning apparatus comprising a tubullar casing adapted to receive a handle and provided upon its exterior surface with friction means, brush material surrounding the tubular easing in engagement with the friction means with a portion of the friction means extending outwardly beyond the same, a supplemental plate having its inner face provided with friction means a portion of which engages the exposed friction means of the tubular casing an'd a portion of which engages the exterior surface of the brush material, means tovbind the supplemental plate to the tubular sleeve, and means to bind the supplemental plate to the exterior surface of the brush material.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES' C. l-HGHTOWER. Witnesses:

Miss L. WEINMEISTER, Miss L. BAUKNIGHT. 

